Unit 1: Introduction to Geography

Question 1

all things that make up a people’s way of life

Answer 1

culture

Question 2

process where manufacturing based on machine power becomes wide spread

Answer 2

industrialization

Question 3

average weather conditions over a period of time

Answer 3

climate

Question 4

government by the people or their elected representatives

Answer 4

democracy

Question 5

one of the seven great divisions of land on the globe

Answer 5

continents

Question 6

country characterized by agricultural workers living in poverty

Answer 6

developing countries

Question 7

number of births each year for every 1,000 people living in a place

Answer 7

birthrate

Question 8

statistical study of human populations

Answer 8

demography

Question 9

a nation whose economy is built largely on manufacturing and technology

Answer 9

developed countries

Question 10

a regional variety of a language

Answer 10

dialect

Question 11

economy where the government decides which good to produce, the prices to charge, and the wages to pay to labor

Answer 11

command economy

Question 12

explanatory table of symbols used on a map or chart

Answer 12

legend

Question 13

a diagram for representing the age distribution of a population

Answer 13

population pyramid

Question 14

total number of deaths each year for every 1,000 people living in a place

Answer 14

death rate

Question 15

area based on the actions of the people living there and centered on a focal point

Answer 15

functional region

Question 16

economy where the people freely choose what they want to buy & sell

Answer 16

market economy

Question 17

the study of physical, biological, & cultural features of the Earth’s surface

Answer 17

geography

Question 18

when an idea or innovation spreads from one group to another & is adopted

Answer 18

cultural diffusion

Question 19

area without boundaries that is based on people’s feelings or attitudes about a place

Answer 19

perceptual region

Question 20

people who enter and settle in a country or region to which they are not native

Answer 20

immigrants

Question 21

the study of maps and map making

Answer 21

cartography

Question 22

measuring distance on earth east or west from 0 degrees; also called meridians

Answer 22

longitudes

Question 23

rapid and massive growth of, and migration to, large cities

Answer 23

urbanization

Question 24

the study of weather

Answer 24

meteorology

Question 25

halves of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian

Answer 25

hemispheres

Question 26

belief in only one god

Answer 26

monotheism

Question 27

the process of moving from one place to another to live

Answer 27

migration

Question 28

the distance north or south of the earth’s equator, measured in degrees; aka parallels

Answer 28

latitudes

Question 29

the portion of the population that can read and write

Answer 29

literacy rate

Question 30

the average number of people living in an area

Answer 30

population density

Question 31

government with centralized control by a domineering leader

Answer 31

totalitarian government

Question 32

economy in which food is produced by a family for its own needs (aka traditional)

Answer 32

subsistence farming

Question 33

reasons that force people to leave a place

Answer 33

push factor

Question 34

reasons that attract people to move to a place

Answer 34

pull factor

Question 35

area with common physical or human characteristics

Answer 35

formal region

Question 36

feeling of pride & loyalty for one’s country or culture group

Answer 36

nationalism

Question 37

belief in more than one god

Answer 37

polytheism

Question 38

the influence that is exerted on a person by another person or group in order to get the to act as society wants

Answer 38

social pressure